Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes

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• The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails.

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  Christian, Atheist, Wind

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• I'm glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year.

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  Christian, Children, Night

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• Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity.

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  Pain, Light, Darkness

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• If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

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  Block, Being The Best, Ifs

  "Character: Anton LaVey". "Satanis: The Devil's Mass", www.imdb.com. 1970.

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• Don't waste your time with people who will ultimately destroy you, but concentrate instead on those who will appreciate your responsibility to them, and, likewise, feel responsible to you.

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  Responsibility, People, Appreciate

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• Love is one of the most intense feelings felt by man; another is hate. Forcing yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. If you try to love everyone you only lessen your feelings for those who deserve your love. Repressed hatred can lead to many physical and emotional aliments. By learning to release your hatred towards those who deserve it, you cleanse yourself of these malignant emotions and need not take your pent-up hatred out on your loved ones.

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  Hate, Love Is, Men

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• Life is the great indulgence - death the great abstinence. Therefore, make the most of life here and now!

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  Anarchy, Life Is, Abstinence

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• There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised.

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  Men, Beast, Should

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• Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat.

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  Lions, Path, Defeat

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• Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer.

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  Heart, Mines, Redeemer

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• Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid.

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  Stupid, Ignorance, Media

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• Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!

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  Hate, Heart, Men

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like.

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  Evil, Definitions, Good And Evil

  Anton Szandor LaVey (1998). “Satan Speaks!”, p.37, Feral House

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• The TV set, or Satanic family altar, has grown more elaborate since the early 50s, from the tiny, fuzzy screen to huge ‘entertainment centers’ covering entire walls with several TV monitors. What started as an innocent respite from everyday life has become in itself a replacement for real life for millions, a major religion of the masses.

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  Wall, Real, Everyday

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• There is no heaven, there is no hell, except here on Earth.

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  Heaven, Earth, Hell

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• The person who takes every opportunity to "pick on" others is often mistakenly called "sadistic". In reality, this person is a misdirected masochist who is working towards his own destruction. The reason a person viciously strikes out against you is because they are afraid of you or what you represent, or are resentful of your happiness. They are weak, insecure, and on extremely shaky ground when you throw your curse, and they make ideal human sacrifices.

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  Insecure, Sacrifice, Opportunity

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• Satanism advocates practicing a modified form of the Golden Rule. Our interpretation of this rule is: "Do unto others as they do unto you"; because if you "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," and they, in turn, treat you badly, it goes against human nature to continue to treat them with consideration. You should do unto others as you would have them do unto you, but if your courtesy is not returned, they should be treated with the wrath they deserve.

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  Wrath, Satanic, Golden

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

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  Stupidity, Painful, Shame

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• Satanism represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!

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  Kindness, Ingrates, Satanic

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• I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.

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  Satanic, Break, Conventions

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey (Book I, Section I), 1969.

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• You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!

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  Believe, Character, Thinking

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• Every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love

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  People, World, Destroyed

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• On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out no matter how much it is purged or scoured by any white-light religion.

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  Girl, Christian, Morning

  "The Satanic Bible" by Anton Szandor LaVey, As quoted in the Introduction by Burton H. Wolfe, 1969.

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• When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

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  Doe, Territory, Bother

  "The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth" by Anton Szandor LaVey, www.buzzfeed.com. 1967.

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• Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all your friends there.

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  Men, Natural Instinct, Sin

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